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ITCH
Definition of ITCH
noun
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“itch”), German jucken.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ITCH starts with I and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ITCH?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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